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  • Image of the beginnings of The Weekender sweater that I will bring on a trip as travel knitting
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    Plane Knitting

    Bymichelle February 9, 2018July 27, 2023

    What an easy, relaxed knit!  I pull The Weekender, by Andrea Mowry, out when I want the ease of stockinette so I can just relax and chat or watch tv….

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  • Image of me wearing Sylvia McFaddin's With Ease shawl in the afternoon sun.
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    With Ease

    Bymichelle February 3, 2018July 27, 2023

    With Ease is my first project from Sylvia McFadden‘s Gentle Armour.  This shawl was exactly what I thought it would be.  It was interesting, but not so hard I couldn’t…

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  • Image of my son in law in his new Cobblestone Pullover sweater.
    knitting

    Cobblestone Pullover- My Christmas Eve Cast Off

    Bymichelle January 8, 2018July 27, 2023

    Literally.  I knew I would end up doing this.  I just knew, deep down, that no matter how much I budgeted my time and planned my holiday knitting, this would…

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    We Were Seeds

    Bymichelle November 28, 2017July 27, 2023

    This one was an engaging knit, guys.  We Were Seeds follows seeds, that is seed stitch, through germination- there’s lots of sprouting and climbing involved.   I’ve never knit a…

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  • Image of my big galoot dog trying to fit sideways in our rocking chair.
    family | homemaking

    Redeemed

    Bymichelle October 19, 2017July 27, 2023

    This all started about a year ago.  Things were calming down in my life after a long spell of crisis.   My daily schedule was starting to look like a…

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